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ATTORNEY United States Patent SELECTIVE AUTOMATIC PARKING METER RobertW. Hamilton, Oklahoma City, okla assignor to Magee-Hale Park-O-MeterCompany, Oklahoma City, Okla., a corporation of Delaware Filed Feb. 16,19 56, Ser. No. 565,855

1 Claim. (Cl. 194-72 This invention relates to an automatic parkingmeter for indicating parking time on city streets, parking lots, orparking spaces and the like, and more particularly, but not by wayoflimitation, toaii automatic parking meter which is operable by one ormoredenominations of coins and which will operate by multiple coins ofeach of a selected or variable denomination, in a manner to accumulatethe time by a subsequent insertion of a coin during the operation of ameter that already shows time indicated thereon. I This application isan. improvement .over the prior United States of America patents to G.A. Hale, No. 2,532,906, issued December 5, 1950, and No. 2,625,250,issued January 13, 1953, respectively. This application is acontinuation-in-part of applicants co-pending application, Serial No.345,571, filed March 30, 1953, and entitled Automatic Parking Meter. p v

A parking meter operates in all weather conditions, and a great numberof present day parking meters depend on gravity to drop the coin througha coin chute in order to operate at least certain phases of the meteroperation. It becomes apparent that any gravityoperation is subject toweather conditions, such as infiltrated moisture, freezing rain,dust,and the like having a detrimental effect on the operationof the meter.Furthermore, there are many present, day meters utilizing a multiplecoin operation wherein the coins may be of variable denominations, suchas a penny and nickel, such as the prior patents to Hale abovementioned. r

The present invention broadly is concerned with an automatic parkingmeter which starts its operation through a coin tripping a latch wheninserted into the machine by the operators finger. The machine may beselectively operated by a plurality of variable sized coins or coins ofnumerous denominations, as well as multiplecoins of each of the sizes ordenominations. The indicating time is set by a predetermined stopmechanism operating with a coin setting lever wherein the time indicatoris released from a'driving connection with a clock train to be allowedto return toa starting or time indicating position under the energy of aspring. The time indicating position is regulated by the stop mechanismin accordance with the size or denomination of the coin or coins. Thetime indicator after being set is moved in one direction withtheclockdriven connection gear train to show utilization of the selectedtime.

It is an important object of this invention to provide an automaticparking meter which is operable on a plurality of coins of variablesizes, or denominations, as well as multiple coins of each size ordenomination.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an automatic parkingmeter which can be infinitely adjusted for operation with variouscombinations of coins of variable sizes or denomination, and a multipleof such variable coins to provide any desired length of parking timecomplementary to'the valued the coins or'theimultiple coins utilized.

A further object of this invention is to provide a fully automaticparking meter which is operable on at least four coins of variable sizesand denominations.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a parking meterwhich may be adjustable to provide for any desired length of parkingtime through insertion of a multiple of variable sized coins or coins ofvariable denominations, although there may not be a sequentialrelationship between the value of the coin and its physical size incomparison to other coins in the operating series. -And still anotherobject of this invention is to provide an automatic parking meter which15 operable on two or more coins or multiples of coins of variable sizesor denominations giving full indicating time in complement to the valueof the coin upon insertion.

A further object of this invention is to provide a park ing mechanismwhereby the coin is inserted into the meter by the operators finger tocause actuation of a power driven coin propelling element which picks upthe coin and moves a predetermined distance dependent upon the size ofthe coin in order to operate a-nindicator stop unit for re-setting thetime indicator complementary to the value of the coin inserted.

An additional object of this invention is to provide an automaticparking meter wherein insertion of a coin under the force oi:- theoperators finger moves a coin trip lever which in turn only serves torelease a power driven coin propelling element of the mechanism therebyeliminating the use of the weight of the coin for tripping the mechanisminto operation thereby producing a tripping action which is morepositive, simple and durable.

An additional object of this invention is to provide an automaticparking meter which has a power driven element adapted to be released byinsertion of the coin into themechanisrn which operates to re-set a timeindicator in complement to the value of the coin and will also displaythe coin to decrease the possibility of utilizing slugs in themechanism.

And still another object of this invention is to provide an automaticparking mechanism wherein the mechanism for re-setting the timeindicator is released to operate, and not forcibly moved through a fixeddistance.

And still another object of'this invention is to provide an automaticparking mechanism which allows immediate re-setting of a time indicatorupon the successive insertion of multiple coins of like or differentdenominations and which is adjustable to provide for numerouscombinations of each denomination of coin.

And still another object of this invention is to provide an automaticparking meter having a time indicator resetting mechanism for moving thetime indicator from one position to another relative to the time scale,and which will cumulate the time upon each resetting of the timeindicator irrespective of the starting position of the indicator.

And a further object of this invention is to provide a selective coinautomatic parking meter adapted for cumulating time in the timeindicating mechanism in accordance with the size or denomination of coinutilized, and wherein the meter is automatic and more durable in itsoperation, simple in construction, and facilitates the maintenance andany adjustment thereof.

And still another object of this invention is to provide an automaticparking meter in which there is a memory function in the operation ofthe indexing apparatus permitting insertion of a first coin without anysubstantial time registration followed by a second coin to provide therequired time registration.

And still another object of this invention is to provide an automaticparking meter which is operable to provide variable increments of timeregistration for a plurality of coins of various size and particularlyto provide full registration of: time for coins of smaller diameter but

